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Cécile Grimard (Primary Source)

The transcription in English is not available at this moment. Please refer to the transcript in French.

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Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army.
Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army.
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<p>Courtesy of the Memory Project/Cécile Grimard<br></p>
Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army, wearing "fatigue suits", September 16th, 1944.
Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army, wearing "fatigue suits", September 16th, 1944.
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<p>Courtesy of the Memory Project/Cécile Grimard<br></p>
Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army in Kitchener, Ontario, September 1944.
Cécile Grimard and her friends from the Army in Kitchener, Ontario, September 1944.
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<p>Courtesy of the Memory Project/Cécile Grimard<br></p>
Cécile Grimard at the Parliament of Quebec, during the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, 1995.
Cécile Grimard at the Parliament of Quebec, during the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, 1995.
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<p>Courtesy of the Memory Project/Cécile Grimard<br></p>
I can say that all the experiences with the Army during the war helped me and followed me all my life.


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